Blue Black Beating

Some years ago, I was walking my 
then girlfriend home around Mobil 
bus stop, close to Agbowo/Orogun 
in Ibadan. 
It had rained relentlessly for many 
days and the road was flooded. 
There was a narrow path that was 
dry, the path can only take one 
person at once 
This guy, tall huge guy, and his babe 
were walking towards us Myself and 
my babe got to that dry path first. 
My babe went ahead and I followed 
her, expecting the couple opposite 
us to wait. 
This guy’s babe didn’t wait she walked 
straight towards us, my babe had 
reached the other end by this time and
I was a few steps away 
This lady charged at me, I dodged to 
the left to give her some room 
She crossed 
I also crossed 
I got to the other side, her boyfriend 
gave me a dirty slap 
He said when I passed by her babe 
my hand touched her bum bum 
Wow! 
I was 5 ‘11 in height but I looked
like a dwarf beside this guy 
That slap was crazy 
I locked his shirt 
He gave me another slap 
I move back and gave him a head butt 
on the chest
 This guy got angry and carried me 
He was going to slam me on the floor 
Inside the muddy pool 
I clung to him with all my strength and
bit his head 
He shouted and put me down 
A blow landed on my left eye 
He released me and took a stance 
of “let’s go” 
I assessed my options 
He will win 
I was sure of that 
He had the upper hand at every level 
I moved back, close to the pool 
Some people had placed stones in 
the pool so that one can jump from 
one to the other in order to cross
 I carried one of the stones 
I was doing to smash it on him 
He assessed his option too, looked 
around and saw nothing he could 
use as a weapon
He moved backward, and said 
“You these small guys in this 
neighbourhood, you tap my babe’s
backside and you are now carrying 
stone 
My babe walked towards me and said 
“Please let us go, this man is an 
unfortunate man” 
I dropped the stone 
I started walking my babe home 
When we got to her house, I realized 
my face had been remodeled 
That guy really did a number on me 
My left eye was filled with blood 
Wow! 
My babe and her sisters started talking 
about the guy and how he is prone to 
getting angry and fighting 
I don’t live in that area and I didn’t 
know him 
I asked my babe if she knew his house 
She said yes 
I left her house and hurried to the
police station 
I went to report 
A police man followed me and I got him 
arrested 
That was where my power was 
With the law! 
His babe started begging 
They brought a lot of people to beg me 
I was the only one showing any form 
of damage 
The teeth mark on his head was covered 
by his hair 
The police looked at both of us and 
concluded he had unjustly molested me 
They locked him up 
I paid the police people 5000 Naira to 
keep him locked up 
I told them I will pay them 5000 every 
day to keep him there 
The begging increased He brought many 
people including his landlord 
Eventually, they paid me 50,000 Naira 
and I got hospital treatment 
The beating no be here o 
That was the last time I got in a fight 
This was 2005

PS: I was not a believer at this time 
The reality I described was as a result of 
my life choices at that time. 
The same can never ever happen to 
me again
Since I have come to know the Lord, 
my life has been crisis-free on every level! 
I am the seed of Abraham, a blessing!